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Local Election Results 2003

Rutland

Whole council up for election on new ward boundaries. One Independent councillor and five Conservative councillors were elected unopposed. Note that only one candidate stood for the two-seat Cottesmore ward.

Other results for Rutland: 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
By-elections for Rutland (may be incomplete): 3rd July 2003 (Cottesmore) — 23rd December 2004 (Oakham S.W.) — 24th November 2005 (Ryhall & Casterton) — 6th November 2008 (Whissendine) — 21st May 2009 (Cottesmore) — 26th January 2012 (Uppingham) — 27th June 2013 (Ketton) — 16th October 2014 (Oakham S.W.; Whissendine) — 3rd March 2016 (Whissendine) — 5th May 2016 (Greetham) — 9th March 2017 (Exton) — 20th July 2017 (Ketton; Whissendine) — 8th March 2018 (Oakham S.E.) — 12th July 2018 (Oakham S.W.) — 12th September 2019 (Ryhall & Casterton) — 19th August 2021 (Oakham S.) — 4th November 2021 (Oakham N.W.) — 10th March 2022 (Ryhall & Casterton) — 5th May 2022 (Uppingham) — 14th July 2022 (Oakham S.)

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Consolidated results — Rutland 2003

Party Votes Percent Seats
Conservative 3569 39.1% 13
Independent 2663 29.2% 8
Liberal Democrat 1729 19.0% 4
Labour 553 6.1% 0
Green Party 373 4.1% 0
UK Independence Party 233 2.6% 0

Braunston and Belton

Laurence Duckham C 317 64.4%
Maurice Baines Ind 175 35.6%

Cottesmore (2) [Only one candidate]

Robin Toy C unop.

Exton

Terrence King C unop.

Greetham

Roger Begy C unop.

Ketton (2)

Hugh Rees Ind 582 60.6%
Barrie Roper Ind 567
Allan Dean C 379 39.4%

Langham

Robert Reid Ind 182 52.8%
Hugh Crouch C 163 47.2%

Lyddington

Ruth Archer LD 296 51.5%
Audrey Hinman C 279 48.5%

Martinsthorpe

Alan Hodgkinson C unop.

Normanton (2)

Trevor Ellis C 496 38.8%
Peter Golden LD 409 32.0%
Eileen Ray Grn 373 29.2%

Oakham North East (2)

Vijaykumar Dighe C 301 37.2%
Jeffery Dale Ind 259 32.0%
Malcolm Smith LD 250 30.9%

Oakham North West (2)

Richard Gale Ind 343 60.5%
William Cross C 224 39.5%
Charles Haworth Ind 201
George Swiffin Ind 98

Oakham South East (2)

Peter Moore C unop.
David Richardson Ind unop.

Oakham South West (2)

Peter Jones C 336 39.5%
Cedric Phillips LD 288 33.8%
Helen Gale Ind 227 26.7%

Ryhall and Casterton (2)

Christopher Parsons Ind 493 57.1%
Simon Williamson-Noble C 370 42.9%
Graham Faithfull Ind 272

Uppingham (3)

Marc Oxley LD 486 25.5%
Kenneth Bool C 419 22.0%
Peter Ind Ind 402 21.1%
Colin Forsyth Ind 391
Ronald Simpson Lab 367 19.2%
Peter Baker UKIP 233 12.2%

Whissendine

Jonathan Baker C 285 60.5%
Linda Arnold Lab 186 39.5%

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